Sir Christopher Chope

MP since 1 May 1997

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Sir Christopher Chope is the Conservative MP for Christchurch, and has been an MP continually since 1 May 1997.

1392

Votes Cast

N/A

Expenses

7,455

Majority

35.8%

Vote Share

Expenses

No expense data available.

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 47,335 voters

Conservative
16,941 votes35.8%
Liberal Democrat
9,486 votes20.0%
Reform UK
8,961 votes18.9%
Labour
7,762 votes16.4%
Green Party
1,900 votes4.0%
Independent
1,728 votes3.6%
Animal Welfare Party
335 votes0.7%
UK Independence Party
163 votes0.3%
Social Democratic Party
59 votes0.1%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

216

Written Questions

0

Oral Questions

88

Debates Spoken In

236

Speeches

275

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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1392 votes — page 7 of 56

1 AYE1 NO

English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

2 votes · 2 Sept 2025

2 AYE

Opposition Day

2 votes · 15 Jul 2025

AYEWelfare
You
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You
3 AYE3 NO

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

6 votes · 20 Jun 2025

3 AYE

Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 18 Jun 2025

3 AYE

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

3 votes · 13 Jun 2025

3 AYE

Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage

3 votes · 4 Jun 2025

Financial Interests(5)

Employment and earnings

Employment and earnings

Role, work or services
Director
Payer
Carclew Limited, private address
Additional information
A small private company which provides business consultancy services but excludes advice on parliamentary or public affairs.

(i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

(i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Name of company or organisation
Carclew Limited

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Retired barrister. (Updated 1 June 2015)

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Date interest arose
12 July 2023

Registered 31 January 2024

Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses

Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses

Name
Christine Chope
Relationship
Spouse
Role
Secretary
Working pattern
Full time

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Sir in Parliament

Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to provide (a) healthcare and (b) financial support to people whose applications to the Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme w

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care16 Oct 2024

River Avon: Public Footpaths

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress the Environment Agency and Natural England have made on facilitating reinstatement of the Avon Valley footpath betw

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs15 Oct 2024

House of Commons: Electric Vehicles

To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many dedicated charging points for electric vehicles belonging to hon. Members are available in

AnsweredHouse of Commons Commission15 Oct 2024

Warm Home Discount Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the cost to his Department is of the study by Winning Moves of experiences of the Warm Home Discount.

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero15 Oct 2024

Prisoners: Albania

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Albanian nationals (a) have been sentenced to imprisonment in the last 12 months, (b) are in prison, (c) have been released in the last 12 months an

AnsweredMinistry of Justice9 Oct 2024

Church Schools: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made on the potential impact of VAT on private school fees on Christian schools.

AnsweredTreasury9 Oct 2024

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what modifications have been made to existing Covid-19 vaccine products; for what reasons were those modifications made; and when those modifi

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care9 Oct 2024

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the MHRA uses observed analyses instead of expected analyses in assessing the safety of Covid-19 vaccines.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care9 Oct 2024

Allwyn Entertainment: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has a role in setting Allwyn Entertainment Limited's policy on publishing data.

AnsweredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport7 Oct 2024

Electric Scooters: Hire Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled E-scooter trials: guidance for local authorities and rental operators, updated on 17 January 2024, how

AnsweredDepartment for Transport7 Oct 2024
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